The prefix for IDs for individuals (personIDs) is "I" which is very easily mistaken for "1". This mod allows you to change it to another character, the default being "P" for person. The option to change the prefix already exists in Setup, but if you already have entries in the database, or have imported entries from an offline database which already uses I, then you need change all occurrences in the database.

Installation and use

Change prefix

Summary

Allows a simple change of character set and collation sequence for the TNG database

Download and install the mod in the normal way. Then click on the line for the mod in the mod manager and you will see a button marked "Change database". Click on this and it will change all the tables in the database which have individual ids.

If for any reason you want to revert to the original, click on the Edit options button and swap around the I and P in the $from and $to boxes, pressing Update in each case. You can select any other prefix by putting it in the $to box.

There is also an option called $change here: setting it to 0 will cause the mod to list the number of entries in each table which have the existing ($from) prefix but it won't change anything. Sometimes the same table will show twice if there is more than one field containing personIDs.

Several mods install tables which contain personIDs. The mod checks those for Census Plus International and Cousins. If the tables aren't found it records the fact. So if you don't have these loaded they will be ignored and a "not found" message will be printed. It may be there are other such mod-tables. If you know of any please let me know.

TNG version

This has only been tested on TNG11 but it should work on much earlier versions as it has very little dependence on the coding of TNG, including any version that allows the person prefix to be set.

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